1976 Pittsburgh Steelers: 10-4-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (192 points scored, 69 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (150 points scored, 69 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Noll
342 points scored (5th of 28 teams), 138 points allowed (1st) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 143 277 1,666 (22) 5.48 10 12 653 2,971 ( 1) 4.5 33 4,637 ( 9) 31
Defense: 158 373 1,866 ( 6) 4.51 9 22 452 1,467 ( 1) 3.2 5 3,333 ( 1) 46
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Roy Gerela K 14 5'10 185 28 8 New Mexico State 12 Terry Bradshaw QB 10 6'3 200 28 7 Louisiana Tech 15 Mike Kruczek QB 10 6'1 196 23 R Boston College 20 Rocky Bleier RB 14 5'11 210 30 7 Notre Dame 23 Mike Wagner DB 14 6'1 200 27 6 Western Illinois 24 J.T. Thomas DB 14 6'2 196 25 4 Florida State 27 Glen Edwards DB 14 6'0 185 29 6 Florida A&M 31 Donnie Shell DB 14 5'11 190 24 3 South Carolina State 32 Franco Harris RB 14 6'2 225 26 5 Penn State 33 Frenchy Fuqua RB 14 5'11 200 30 8 Morgan State 34 Andy Russell LB 14 6'3 225 35 12 Missouri 35 Jack Deloplaine RB 14 5'10 205 22 R Salem 39 Bobby Walden P 14 6'0 190 38 13 Georgia 43 Frank Lewis WR 12 6'1 196 29 6 Grambling 45 Jimmy Allen DB 10 6'2 194 24 3 UCLA 46 Reggie Harrison RB 12 5'11 220 25 3 Cincinnati 47 Mel Blount DB 14 6'3 205 28 7 Southern 50 Jim Clack OG 11 6'3 250 29 6 Wake Forest 51 Loren Toews LB 14 6'3 222 24 4 California 52 Mike Webster C 14 6'1 250 24 3 Wisconsin 53 Greg Blankenship LB 6 6'1 212 22 R Cal State-Hayward 54 Marv Kellum LB 14 6'2 225 24 3 Wichita State 55 Jon Kolb OT 14 6'2 262 29 8 Oklahoma State 56 Ray Mansfield C 14 6'3 260 35 14 Washington 57 Sam Davis OG 14 6'1 255 32 10 Allen 58 Jack Lambert LB 14 6'4 220 24 3 Kent State 59 Jack Ham LB 14 6'3 225 27 6 Penn State 63 Ernie Holmes DT 14 6'3 260 28 5 Texas Southern 64 Steve Furness DE 9 6'4 255 25 5 Rhode Island 67 Gary Dunn DT 5 6'3 240 23 R Miami 68 L.C. Greenwood DE 13 6'5 250 30 8 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 71 Gordon Gravelle OT 6 6'5 250 27 5 Brigham Young 72 Gerry Mullins OG 14 6'3 244 27 6 Southern California 74 Ray Pinney OT 14 6'4 240 22 R Washington 75 Joe Greene DT 14 6'4 275 30 8 North Texas State 76 John Banaszak DE 13 6'3 244 26 2 Eastern Michigan 78 Dwight White DE 9 6'4 255 27 6 East Texas State 82 John Stallworth WR 8 6'2 183 24 3 Alabama A&M 83 Theo Bell WR 13 5'11 180 22 R Arizona 84 Randy Grossman TE 14 6'1 215 24 3 Temple 85 Ernest Pough WR 14 6'1 174 24 R Texas Southern 87 Larry Brown TE 13 6'4 229 27 6 Kansas 88 Lynn Swann WR 12 6'0 180 24 3 Southern California 89 Bennie Cunningham TE 12 6'4 255 21 R Clemson
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Terry Bradshaw 192 92 47.9 1,177 6.13 12.8 10 5.2 9 4.7 16 164 65.4
Mike Kruczek 85 51 60.0 758 8.92 14.9 0 0.0 3 3.5 11 105 74.5
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Lynn Swann 28 516 18.4 3 Rocky Bleier 24 294 12.2 0 Franco Harris 23 151 6.6 0 Frank Lewis 17 306 18.0 1 Randy Grossman 15 181 12.1 1 John Stallworth 9 111 12.3 2 Ernest Pough 8 161 20.1 1 Larry Brown 7 97 13.9 0 Bennie Cunningham 5 49 9.8 1 Theo Bell 3 43 14.3 1 Reggie Harrison 2 19 9.5 0 Frenchy Fuqua 1 4 4.0 0 Jack Deloplaine 1 3 3.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Franco Harris 289 1,128 3.9 14 Rocky Bleier 220 1,036 4.7 5 Reggie Harrison 54 235 4.4 4 Terry Bradshaw 31 219 7.1 3 Mike Kruczek 18 106 5.9 2 Jack Deloplaine 17 91 5.4 2 Frenchy Fuqua 15 63 4.2 1 John Stallworth 0 47 ? 1 Frank Lewis 2 24 12.0 1 Ernest Pough 2 8 4.0 0 Bobby Walden 3 7 2.3 0 Theo Bell 1 5 5.0 0 Lynn Swann 1 2 2.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Ernest Pough 18 369 20.5 0 Jack Deloplaine 17 385 22.6 0 Frenchy Fuqua 4 75 18.8 0 Reggie Harrison 1 26 26.0 0 Jim Clack 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Theo Bell 39 390 10.0 2 0 Jack Deloplaine 17 150 8.8 0 0 Frenchy Fuqua 11 77 7.0 0 0 Lynn Swann 3 11 3.7 0 0 Glen Edwards 1 8 8.0 0 0 |
1976 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 28 TE Bennie Cummingham 118 Clemson 2 37 OG Ray Pinney 125 Washington [pick acquired from CHI] 2 47 QB Mike Kruczek 36 Boston College [pick acquired from BAL] 2 56 C James Files McNeese State 3 70 DT Ron Coder 53 Penn State [pick acquired from GB] 3 88 WR Ernest Pough 40 Texas Southern 4 112 DB Wonder Monds 16 Nebraska [pick acquired from BAL] 4 120 WR Theo Bell 127 Arizona 5 152 LB Rodney Norton Rice 6 159 DT Gary Dunn 146 Miami [pick acquired from SD via STL] 6 182 RB Jack Deloplaine 40 Salem 7 209 TE Barry Burton Vanderbilt 8 237 DT Ed McAleney 2 Massachusetts 9 265 DB Wentford Gaines 36 Cincinnati 10 291 LB Gary Campbell 93 Colorado 11 319 RB Rolland Fuchs Arkansas 12 347 WR Bill Carroll East Texas State 13 375 TE Larry Kain Ohio State 14 403 DB Wayne Fields Florida 15 431 DE Mel Davis North Texas 16 459 RB Randy Butts Kearney State 17 487 WR Kelvin Kirk Dayton
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected Dave Reavis in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Dave Brown in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Ed Bradley in expansion draft |
| 05-27-1976 | traded Wayne Mattingly to Bears for a conditional draft pick |
| 08-18-1976 | traded Bob Barber to Packers for Green Bay's #4 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 08-27-1976 | traded Tommy Reamon to Chiefs for Kansas City's #5 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 09-06-1976 | traded Ron Coder and Pittsburgh's #12 pick in the 1977 draft to Seahawks for Seattle's #12 pick in the 1977 draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/19/76 at Baltimore Colts W 40-14 12/26/76 at Oakland Raiders L 7-24
1976 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/76 at Oakland Raiders L 28-31 0-1-0 09/19/76 vs Cleveland Browns W 31-14 1-1-0 09/26/76 vs New England Patriots L 27-30 1-2-0 10/04/76 at Minnesota Vikings L 6-17 1-3-0 10/10/76 at Cleveland Browns L 16-18 1-4-0 10/17/76 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 23-6 2-4-0 10/24/76 at New York Giants W 27-0 3-4-0 10/31/76 vs San Diego Chargers W 23-0 4-4-0 11/07/76 at Kansas City Chiefs W 45-0 5-4-0 11/14/76 vs Miami Dolphins W 14-3 6-4-0 11/21/76 vs Houston Oilers W 32-16 7-4-0 11/28/76 at Cincinnati Bengals W 7-3 8-4-0 12/05/76 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 42-0 9-4-0 12/11/76 at Houston Oilers W 21-0 10-4-0
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